Guest Workers and Resistance to U.S. Corporate Despotism by I... - 9780252036279

Name: Guest Workers and Resistance to U.S. Corporate Despotism by I... - 9780252036279
Brand: University of Illinois Press

University of Illinois Press

Guest Workers and Resistance to U.S. Corporate DespotismAuthor(s): Immanuel Ness\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252036279, 978-0252036279\nSynopsis\nPolitical scientist Immanuel Ness thoroughly investigates the use of guest workers in the United States, the largest recipient of migrant labor in the world. Ness argues that the use of migrant labor is increasing in importance and represents despotic practices calculated by key [url] business leaders in the global economy to lower labor costs and expand profits under the guise of filling a shortage of labor for substandard or scarce skilled jobs. \n\nDrawing on ethnographic field research, government data, and other sources, Ness shows how worker migration and guest worker programs weaken the power of labor in both sending and receiving countries. His in-depth case studies of the rapid expansion of technology and industrial workers from India.